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Scott Spain is a self-described “techie” with extensive experience in marketing research including sales, Web development, phone-center management, online surveys, and online focus groups.

Mr. Spain’s career began at Wirthlin Worldwide in 1987, and later took him to the Discovery Research Group (DRG) and Venture Data, two of the country's largest, most respected telephone data collection providers. In a partnership with DRG Scott was a pioneer in developing and conducting online surveys in 1994.

In 1994, Scott started to specialize in providing Web-based research solutions to market research professionals. He served as a vendor to Mr. Mehta’s consulting practice, and found that both shared a common philosophy of using technology to enhance marketing research.

Scott serves as Web Chair of the Marketing Research Association's Southwest Chapter, as well as Past-President of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the American Marketing Association. In 1999 Scott was appointed Special Technology Advisor to the Marketing Research Association’s Technology Council. Scott will be serving on MRA's national Board of Directors in 2000-01. In addition, he has long been affiliated with the Advertising Research Foundation, the Utah Advertising Federation and the American Society for Quality. Scott is the sole creator of @ResearchInfo.com, the web's most active online community in the market research industry.

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